OK465, Thanks, because I thought I would get beat up on my post. We old timers used a FD as a guide if it was going where we wanted to go. If not just disregard and go the way you want to go. Worked fine for years. Pretend you are a 727 and fly as you want, it works great.
I even did it with a check airman out of SJO in a 757 on my initial international captain check. He had it so screwed up after our new clearance I was in a 30 degree right climbing turn and he was in a descending dive on the FD. I ignored it and eventually he caught up. I did it right, he was trying to make automation do it.